We have this idea that ownership of land and natural resources is total. After I buy a patch of land, I can absolutely obliterate everything that lives there, o

We have this idea that ownership of land and natural resources is total. After I buy a patch of land, I can absolutely obliterate everything that lives there, on a whim. If I somehow manage to make money by doing that, people consider that moral, since hey, money is great for everyone, right!? Growth growth growth! Rabbits be damned. Suck it, frogs! Trees, you're mine! Oh, there's gold in them hills? Ah, a toxic sludge lake would go so nice right there. Welp, gold's finished. Time to sell of this hunk o junk and retire to the Carribean!